Read 12 Nonfiction Books

annamol Host

60 participants (236 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

I’m terrible about reading nonfiction and would like to improve that by reading one a month. 

Challenge Books

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Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us by Susan Magsamen, Ivy Ross

Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us

Susan Magsamen, Ivy Ross

304 pages • paperback • 2023

nonfiction art informative reflective medium-paced
How to Smile by Thích Nhất Hạnh

How to Smile

Thích Nhất Hạnh

128 pages • digital

nonfiction philosophy
It's Your World: Creating Calm Spaces and Places with Bob Ross by Robb Pearlman

It's Your World: Creating Calm Spaces and Places with Bob Ross

Robb Pearlman

128 pages • hardcover

nonfiction
In Conclusion, Don't Worry About It by Lauren Graham

In Conclusion, Don't Worry About It

Lauren Graham

52 pages • digital • 2018

nonfiction essays self help reflective fast-paced
From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home by Tembi Locke

From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home

Tembi Locke

10 hours, 17 minutes • audio • 2019

nonfiction memoir travel emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Merlin's Tour of the Universe, Revised and Updated for the Twenty-First Century: A Traveler's Guide to Blue Moons and Black Holes, Mars, Stars, and Everything Far by Neil deGrasse Tyson

Merlin's Tour of the Universe, Revised and Updated for the Twenty-First Century: A Traveler's Guide to Blue Moons and Black Holes, Mars, Stars, and Everything Far

Neil deGrasse Tyson

304 pages • hardcover • 2024

nonfiction science
Wild Chocolate: Across the Americas in Search of Cacao's Soul by Rowan Jacobsen

Wild Chocolate: Across the Americas in Search of Cacao's Soul

Rowan Jacobsen

288 pages • hardcover

nonfiction food and drink travel
Calm: The Magic of Sleep: A Bedside Companion by Michael Acton Smith

Calm: The Magic of Sleep: A Bedside Companion

Michael Acton Smith

240 pages • paperback

nonfiction health self help informative slow-paced
Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness by Da’Shaun Harrison

Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness

Da’Shaun Harrison

109 pages • paperback • 2021

nonfiction lgbtqia+ politics race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
$2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America by Kathryn J. Edin, H. Luke Shaefer, Kathryn Edin

$2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America

Kathryn J. Edin, H. Luke Shaefer, Kathryn Edin

210 pages • hardcover • 2015

nonfiction economics politics sociology challenging informative slow-paced